Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Trichosanthes anguina
Scientific Name and Description
Trichosanthes anguina L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Climber
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | snake gourd |
| Hindi | chachenda, chachinda, chachinga, chichonda, purwul |
| Kannada | adala balli, atla kaayi, haavu kaayi, padavala, padavala balli, padavalkayi, patla kaayi |
| Marathi | padaval, padual, padvali, tarakankadi |
| Sanskrit | ahiphala, brihatphala, chichinda, chichunda, chinakarkatika, cicinda, dirghaphala, grihakulaka, patoli, shvetaraji, sudirgha, swadupatraphala, veshmakula |
| Tamil | catavantulakkoti, catavantulam, ciccintam, cikkirakayam, cincakapikakkoti, cincikapikam, cottini, ilinkamuli, kacitakkiyam, kacitakkiyapputal, kakuraci, kalikai, karipputal, karipputol, karuraci1, karutam1, kirakakulam, kottupputal, lingapotla, mankalakarakkooti, mankalakaram, maruvuka, maruvukakkoti, nakarai, naracimpakkani, naripputal, naripputarkoti, naypputal, netumputal, netumputarkoti, pantula, pantulam, papparakkani, patolikai1, patolukai, perulakikapputal, perulakitam, pucai 2, pucam, pudal, putal, putalai, putalankay, putalankoti, putol, puttla, tanukalakkoti, tanukalam, tattan, tattankottocai, tinputalai, vicattam, vicutakkoti, yanayamatayankay, yatalayamuli |
| Telugu | lingapotla, potla, potlakaya |
| Tibetan | bi sa la rnam gcig, byi sa la rnam gcig, byi sa la rnam gcig (d) |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Tibetan
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Stem
References
Literature
Literature
MATERIA MEDICA OF PLANTS OF INDO-TIBETAN MEDICINE Author - VAIDYA BHAGWAN DASH
MATERIA MEDICA OF TIBETAN MEDICINE Author - VAIDYA BHAGWAN DASH
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)